Responsibilities

• Develops, implements, and manages long-range and annual marketing plans, programs, and strategies.
• Work cross-divisionally and cross-functionally with other divisions such as corporate accounts, product managers, commercial sales, finance, education and training teams to develop, present and execute both short and long-range business plans.
• Oversees critical marketing functions to ensure the information and support for programs are effectively delivered.
• Successfully launch new products in collaboration with product managers and marketing communications teams.
• Build and manage relationships/agreements with key industry associations and influencers.
• Conduct research to fully understand the trends, needs, challenges and issues facing assigned customer groups

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing or related discipline or MBA with 2+ years marketing experience (Marketing Manager I) or Bachelor’s degree in marketing or related or MBA with 3+ years of marketing experience (Marketing Manager II)
• 5 years of Marketing or related experience (Marketing Manager I) or 7 years of marketing experience minimum (Marketing Manager II)
• Proficient and mastering specific skills to specialty or area of focus including: Branding | Marketing Analytics | Marketing Management | Marketing Operations | Marketing Planning | Marketing Strategy | Project Management | Resource Planning | Vendor Management | Strategy Implementation | Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software
• Excellent verbal/written communication skills, influencing ability, and effective participation in cross-functional teams.
• Strong relationship building skills with key industry entities, sales and channel.
• Superior analytical skills
• Strong database skills
• Strong project management skills
• Works on complex issues where analysis requires advanced marketing skills and in-depth evaluation of variable factors.
• Successful track record in marketing management
• Experienced in developing strategic plans, conducting voice of customer research, managing customer relationships, and developing marketing launch plans
• Proven aptitude for mining data to develop business insights
• Recognized as SME in many areas of marketing
• Determines methods and procedures on new assignments.
• Provides guidance and mentorship to less experienced colleagues.
• Viewed as project leader and consultant.
• Takes on additional stretch project assignments.
• Travel up to 15-25% of total time

Preferred

• Recognized as SME in many areas of marketing
• Provides guidance and mentorship to less experienced colleagues
• Viewed as project leader and consultant
• Acts independently to determine methods and procedures on new or special assignments and provides leadership to others
• Demonstrates project leadership. May supervise other project leaders

Benefits

• Dress for your day - We know you're more productive when you're comfortable, which is why employees are encouraged to take advantage of our casual, office-plant blended environment.
• Wellness - In addition to physical wellbeing, TTC offers a variety of mental health, financial health, and other types of resources to every full-time employee.
• Volunteerism - The Toro Company is proud to provide employees 20 hours of paid time to volunteer in the community.
• Growth Opportunities – TTC prides itself on giving our employees the chance to grow their careers. Tuition reimbursement, opportunities to move into new areas of interest, and promotion opportunities are a few examples.